mary-grace

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1. allnurses chat

   mary-grace replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

   God, i would love to catch someone to talk to. I get so bored here all day everyday. Best times for me is usually in the mornings. say 8-10am cst. I really miss talking nursing with my peers. I havent worked since feb 2001. so i feel i'm getting ...

2. Survey: How old were you when you entered the nursing profession?

   mary-grace replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I was 18 when I started working as a Nusre's aid. I was 25 when I graduated college with a AAS degree. Started working the same year in a hospital. Babtist Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. To be exact. i'm 51 now was working for the same h...

3. HOW TO PUT IN A IV: ANY TIPS

   mary-grace replied to egmillard's topic in General Nursing

   I have been starting Ivs for a long time. Find the vein you want first, before you put a torniquet on, alot of cases dont even need a torniquet. Take a big deep breath and blow it out and say to yourself I can do this. You'll be surprised what hav...

4. burnout

   mary-grace replied to newpsychrn's topic in General Nursing

   You know I suffered burnout after I had been a Nurse for 18 years. I was stuck in a job where my supervisor overlooked me for promotions and inservice modules. And the sad thing about it was I wasn't even aware I was in burnout until I started gett...